Language Loyalties
Title | Language Loyalties PDF eBook |
Author | James Crawford |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 1992-06 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0226120163 |
As late as 1987, two-thirds of the Americans who responded to a national survey believed that English was the official language of the United States. In fact, the Constitution is silent on the issue. Since Senator S. I. Hayakawa first proposed an English Language Amendment in Congress in 1981, Official English has been considered in forty-seven states and adopted by seventeen; the amendment is pending in the 102d Congress. Supporters argue that English has always been our common language—a means of resolving conflicts in a nation of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious groups, and an essential tool of social mobility and cultural integration. Opponents charge that the amendment is unnecessary and that it threatens civil rights, educational opportunities, and free speech, wrapping racist biases in a cloak of patriotism. Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy provides a balanced, comprehensive guide to this complex and often confusing debate. It is an essential handbook and reference for advocates, educators, policymakers, jurists, scholars, and citizens who seek to join this debate fully informed. Addressing the issues involved in developing America's first planned national language policy, James Crawford has expertly collected and introduced more than eighty-five source documents and articles.
Whole Language Matters
Title | Whole Language Matters PDF eBook |
Author | Julianne Longtin Dillard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
The Indo-European Controversy
Title | The Indo-European Controversy PDF eBook |
Author | Asya Pereltsvaig |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2015-04-30 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1107054532 |
This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.
The Great Controversy
Title | The Great Controversy PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen G. White |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 589 |
Release | 2022-05-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Great Controversy is a work by Ellen G. White, a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, considered a prophetess or messenger of God among Seventh-day Adventist members. The book tells about the ever-persistent controversy between the good and the bad, represented by the opposition of Christ and Satan and the forces of angels that accompany them.
Language Ideological Debates
Title | Language Ideological Debates PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Blommaert |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2010-12-14 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110808048 |
Anatomy of a Controversy
Title | Anatomy of a Controversy PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian M. Wenner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780231065528 |
We all know that bees dance to show their hive mates where the good flowers are. It turns out that the bees may not know that. Wenner (natural history, U. of California, Santa Barbara) and Wells (biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles) are no longer trying to gain recognition for their findings th
The Language Teaching Controversy
Title | The Language Teaching Controversy PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Conrad Diller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780883771143 |